VERBATIM ON ONE PARTICULAR DAY a woman I had worked with long ago actually did say to me: “Why didn’t you tell me he was here?! I would have acted different!” She said that! She actually said that!! AND: she claimed to love God! Here’s the situation. She bluntly stated directly to me: “… I would have acted different!”
KEY WORD: ACTED
You know, Beloved, so many people do; they really do! They act: they playact. They act at playing a role, a character… In the Bible in the New Testament (Koine Greek) the word hypocrite is defined as an interpreter, a dissembler, a pretender and yes… an actor, a stage player. And how many of you who love truth are rightly indignant of liars? I know I am! Furthermore, our great God is!
Selah.
Herewith is my title to this “Joy Story” – OPEN MIKE
I doubt not that you can discern that I am referring to those who are using a microphone for their professions and have not realized they have an open mike (or mic) or a ‘hot’ mike…
This term open mike carries within itself such a tremendous analogy of God’s ability to see and here — everything: yes, everything!
Our God of all is
NOTE PLEASE: Absolute power does not absolutely corrupt anyone. Only I AM, that’s God friends, has absolute power. And fools who blame God for evil are blaming the wrong One. satan, Beloved, is the one who wants to steal, slaughter and destroy and he is the god of this age. Wake up! (Pardon me to those of us who are!) I know I am!
2 Corinthians 4:1-6
Therefore, since through God’s mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart. Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God. And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.
SO: for this little honey of a ‘lady’ I had worked with who would have acted different – God heard her. God saw her. God knows her name. God knows her destiny. And as far as you ‘professionals’ who swear when you think the mike ain’t hot — beware! Hell is. God’s name is to be hallowed! And you are supposed to be at peace!
Isaiah 26:3
You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you.
Israel and Christians are never tired of fighting the good fight! We won’t stop! We won’t give up! And, we won’t give in because we want the peace from God and we want all who are willing to also receive peace from God. It matters not if we believe your apology. God knows you. He knows your heart and he knows your mind. He knows if you are sincerely apologizing of just playacting. Take heart, God’s mike is open and if you truly love Him, He knows it! Your words are precious to Him!
Selah.
SCRIPTURAL TRUTH FOR THIS “JOY STORY”
Matthew 12:30-37
“Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters. And so I tell you, every kind of sin and slander can be forgiven, but blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but anyone who speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the age to come. “Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is recognized by its fruit. You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him. But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken. For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”
Growing up in a home without the love for God, an invalid father, heavy financial hardships, and tremendous (sometimes dangerous) discord is always difficult. Add on to that extreme shyness, a feeling of inferiority, and some may think this girl was rejected. But God’s hand was on her and His heart was for her. Today, Ann Marie Turner has performed many great services in Jesus’ name for the love of God and man; and for herself! She has ministered in the male correctional for over ten years. Along with this website, Ann is the author of Joy Stories, Volume One and The Free Incarcerated Man. Writing about the joy of the Lord and the victory that is available for a willing soul is one of Ann’s now greatest joys! Ann’s prayer for you is to overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the word of your testimony. Celebrate the God of the Bible and your personal victories in Christ unceasingly! Revelation 12:11 They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.